page_title: Ballandean, Queensland
section_title: History
hierarchical_section_title: Ballandean, Queensland / History
caption_attribution_description: English: General store at Ballandean, ca. 1920. General store owned by H. O. Baker, housed in a timber building with a verandah shading the front of the store.
context_page_description: Ballandean is a small town and locality in the Granite Belt Region of the Southern Downs, Queensland, Australia. It is on the Queensland border with New South Wales. At the 2016 census the town recorded a population of 338. The town has a number of nearby vineyards which attracted tourists to the area.
context_section_description: The name Ballandean derives from the name of a pastoral run, belonging to Henry Hayter Nicol in 1841, believed to be linked to his childhood association with Ballindean House, near Inchture, Perthshire, Scotland.
  The town was surveyed and officially named in 1872.  Thomas Fletcher built the Britannia Inn in the same year which attracted other businesses to the area.  Fletcher went on to establish the first commercial orchard on the Granite Belt. Ballandean Post Office opened on 1 January 1873.
  Land in Ballandean was open for selection on 17 April 1877; 98 square miles (250 km²) were available.
  Ballandean State School opened on 18 January 1909 under head teacher Frances Emily Wallace.
  St Oswald's Anglican Church was dedicated on 1 March 1926 by Archbishop Gerald Sharp. Although it has now closed, the church building is still located at 12 Bents Road (28.7978°S 151.8410°E).
caption: General store at Ballandean, ca. 1920
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